AN 



OFFICE OF DEYOTION 




INTENDED 



FOR THE USE OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS 
AND CLASSES. 



I P > 

PREPARED BT 

THE REV. J. F. YOUNG, 

(OF TRINITY PARISH, NEW YORK.) 



DANIEL DANA, 
381 BROADWAY. 
1861. 



Agt. 




Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year I860, 
By Daniel Dana, Jr., 
In the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of New York. 



PREFACE. 



The object of this little Manual is to supply in conve- 
nient form a Collection of Prayers, and other Devotions, 
suitable for Candidates for Confirmation. 

The manner of its intended use is sufficiently intimated 
in the Rubrics. Those who have not time for the use of 
the Offices as arranged, can readily select those parts which 
suit them best. Indeed, the publication is designed as 
a collection of materials, out of which the Pastor in the 
class, or the individval in his closet, may select what is 
adapted to his purpose, rather than an arrangement which 
must be used in the exact form prescribed. 

The Confirmation Office is added at page 76, for the 
convenience of Candidates at the time of Confirmation. 

J. F. Y. 



Feast op S. Peter, 
S. John's Chapel, N&vo Torh % 1860. 



On first rising, hneel and devoutly say, 
Our Fathee, Who art in heaven, etc, 

SixBt OToUect. 

On arising from sleep we worship Thee y Most Holy, 
and cry unto Thee with the Song of Angels, Holy, Holy, 
Holy art Thou, God ; for Cheist's sake, have mercy 
upon us. 

Seconi* Collect. 

Thou, Loed, "Who hast raised me from my bed, 
and from sleep, enlighten my mind, and open my heart 
and my eyes, that I may praise Thee, Blessed Teinity, 
saying, Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, God ; for Cheist's 
sake, have mercy upon us. 

®l)irb Collect. 

The Judge will come suddenly, and the actions of every 
man shall be laid bare. Therefore in great fear let us cry 
through the day, Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, God ; for 
Cheist's sake, have mercy upon us. 

91 ®t)ank0gimng. 

I thank Thee, Holy Teinity, that in Thy great good- 
ness and long-suffering, Thou hast spared me a miserable 
sinner, and hast not abandoned me to my evil deeds ; but, 
with Thy accustomed loving-kindness, hast rescued me 
from perishing in my sins, that I may live to glorify Thy 
Kingdom. And now enlighten the eyes of my under- 
standing, and open my mouth, that I may meditate on Thy 
Words, comprehend Thy Commandments, obey Thy Will, 
acknowledge Thee with the confession of the heart, and 
praise Thy Most Holy Name, Fathee, Son, and Holy 
Spieit, now and for ever, world without end. Amen. 



AN OFFICE 

FOR 

CANDIDATES FOE CONFISCATION. 



Standing. 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. 
B. Amen. 

V. O God, make speed to save us. 

i?. O Lord, make haste to help us. 

V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

M. As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. 

V. Praise ye the Lord. 

i?. The Lord's Name be praised. 

1. Brought to the Font with holy care, 

And wash'd from nature's shame, 
New-born in Christ, we thenceforth bear 
The Christian's sacred name. 

2. Blest privilege ! but all in vain 

Our new and heavenly birth, 
If we the truth of God profane, 
And cleave to things of earth. 

* If the Hymn be not swig, it should be read in alternate stanzas. 



HYMN. 



3. Lord, we would keep that blest estate, 

Our three-fold vow fulfil; 
And humbly at Thine Altar wait 
For strength to do Thy will. 

4. Then daily, Lord, Thy grace impart 

To aid the grace first given, 
That love, abiding in the heart, 
May lift our souls to heaven. 

5. To Father, Son, and Holt Ghost, 

The God whom we adore, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 
And shall be evermore. 

Or this. 

1. My God, accept my heart this day, 

And make it always Thine, 
That I from Thee no more may stray, 
No more from Thee decline. 

2. Before the Cross of Him who died, 

Behold, I prostrate fall ; 
Let every sin be crucified, — 
Let Christ be all in all ! 

3. Anoint me with Thy heavenly grace, 

Adopt me for Thine own, — 
That I may see Thy* glorious face, 
And worship at Thy throne ! 

4. May the dear blood once shed for me, 

My blest atonement prove, 
That I from first to last may be 
The purchase of Thy love ! 



MOKNING PSALM. 



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5. Let every thought, and work, and word, 

To Thee be ever given, — 
Then life shall be Thy service, Lord, 
And death the gate of heaven ! 

6. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom we adore, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 
And shall be evermore. 



Antiphon. Come, Holy Ghost, and fill our 
hearts. 



Mowing. 

Psalm lxiii. Deus, JDeus mens. 



OGOD, thou art my God ; 
early will I seek thee. 

2 My soul thirsteth for 
thee; my flesh also longeth 
after thee, in a barren and 
dry land where no water is. 

3 Thus have I looked for 
thee in holiness, that I might 
behold thy power and glory ; 

4 For thy loving kindness 
is better than the life itself : 
my lips shall praise thee. 

5 As long as I live will I 
magnify thee in this manner, 
and lift up my hands in thy 
name. 

6 My soul shall be satis- 
fied, even as it were with 
marrow and fatness, when 
my mouth praiseth thee with 
joyful lips. 



7 Have I not remembered 
thee in my bed, and thought 
upon thee when I was wak- 
ing? 

8 Because thou hast been 
my helper; therefore under 
the shadow of thy wings will 
I rejoice. 

9 My soul hangeth upon 
thee; thy right hand hath 
upholden me. 

10 These also that seek 
the hurt of my soul, they 
shall go under the earth. 

11 Let them fall upon the 
edge of the sword, that they 
may be a portion for foxes. 

12 But the King shall re- 
joice in God; all they that 
swear by him shall be com- 
mended; for the mouth of 



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EVENING PSALM. 



them that speak lies shall be 
stopped. 

Glory be to the Father, 
and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, 
world without end. Amen. 



* [O God, Author of eternal life, do 
Thou shed forth upon us, who with 
the dawn of morning watch for Thee, 
continual day; that our lips may 
praise Thee, our life may bless Thee, 
our morning meditations may glori- 
fy Thee, through Christ our Lord. 
Amen.] 



(Srxiining. 

Psalm iv. Cum invocarem. 



HEAR me, when I call, 
God of my righteous- 
ness: thou hast set me at 
liberty, when I was in trou- 
ble; have mercy upon me, 
and hearken unto my prayer. 

2 ye sons of men, how 
long will ye blaspheme mine 
honour, and have such pleas- 
ure in vanity, and seek after 
falsehood? 

3 Know this also, that the 
Lord hath chosen to himself 
the man that is godly ; when 
I call upon the Lord he will 
hear me. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin 
not ; commune with your 
own heart, and in your cham- 
ber, and be still. 

5 Offer the sacrifice of 
righteousness, and put your 
trust in the Lord. 

6 There be many that say, 
Who will show us any good? 



* These prayers are given to assist 
Psalms in the closet only. 



1 Lord, lift thou up the 
light of thy countenance upon 
us. 

8 Thou hast put gladness 
in my heart, since the time 
that their corn, and wine, and 
oil increased. 

9 I will lay me down in 
peace, and take my rest; for 
it is thou, Lord, only, that 
makest me dwell in safety. 

Glory be to the Father, 
and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, 
world without end. Amen. 

* [Hear us, Lord ! we beseech 
Thee, and in our tribulations pity 
us, and do Thou, who art alone 
magnified among the Gentiles, grant 
to us spiritual gladness, give us ever- 
lasting peace, and stablish us in the 
hope of future joys, through Christ 
our Lord. Amen.] 
in the more devout reading of the 



SUNDAY MORNING PSALM. 



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Stmimg Utarning.* 

Psalm Lxxxiv. Quam dilecta! 



OHOTF amiable are thy 
dwellings, thou Lord 
of hosts ! 

2 My soul hath a desire 
and longing to enter into the 
courts of the Lord ; my heart 
and my flesh rejoice in the 
living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath 
found her an house, and the 
swallow a nest, where she 
may lay her young ; even 
thy altars, Lord of hosts, 
my King and my God. 

4 Blessed are they that 
dwell in thy house; they 
will be alway praising thee. 

5 Blessed is the man whose 
strength is in thee ; in whose 
heart are thy ways. 

6 Who going through the 
vale of misery use it for a 
well ; and the pools are filled 
with water. 

7 They will go from 
strength to strength, and un- 
to the God of gods appear- 
eth every one of them in 
Sion. 

8 Lord God of hosts, 
hear my prayer ; hearken, 
God of Jacob. 

Then shall be said, if there be time, one of the Seven 
Penitential Psalms, (j>p. 60-67,) and after that the 
Hymn, Antiphon, Lesson, and Canticle, as follows. 

* For Proj)er Psalm for the Day of Confirmation, see page 59. 



9 Behold, God our de- 
fender, and look upon the 
face of thine Anointed. 

10 For one day in thy 
courts is better than a thous- 
and. 

Ill had rather be a door- 
keeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the 
tents of ungodliness. 

12 For the Lord God is a 
light and defence; the Lord 
will give grace and worship ; 
and no good thing shall he 
withhold from them that live 
a godly life. 

13 Lord God of hosts, 
blessed is the man that put- 
teth his trust in thee. 

Glory be to the Father, 
and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, 
world without end. Amen. 

[Eternal God, Founder of the heav- 
enly dwellings ! dispose, we beseech 
Thee, our hearts to go from strength 
to strength ; so that we may be wor- 
thy to ascend to Thy tabernacles, 
without any falling into sin, through 
Christ our Lord. Amen.] 



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MORNING HYMN. 



Morning Dsmn. 

Glory be to God on high, 

And on earth peace, 

Good will towards men. 

We praise Thee, 

We bless Thee, 

We worship Thee, 

We glorify Thee, 

We give thanks to Thee, 

For Thy great glory, 

O Lord God, 

Heavenly King, 

God the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son, 

Jesus Christ, 

O Lord God, 

Lamb of God, 

Son of the Father, 

That takest away the sins of the world, 
Have mercy upon us. 

Thou that takest away the sins of the world, 
Have mercy upon us. 

Thou that takest away the sins of the world, 
Receive our prayer. 

Thou that sittest at the right hand of God 
the Father, 

Have mercy upon us. 

For Thou only art Holy, 

Thou only art the Lord. 

Thou only, O Christ, 

With the Holy Ghost, 

Art most high in the glory of God the 
Father. Amen. 



EVENING HYMN. 



IS 



©tuning ^ritmx. 

Joyful Light of the holy glory of the 
Father, 

Immortal, Heavenly, Holy ; Blessed, 
O Jesus Christ. 

We, having come to the setting of the sun, 

And beholding the evening light, 

Praise Father, and Son, 

And Holy Spirit, God. 

Thee it. is meet 

At all times to praise, 

With reverent voices, 

Son of God, 

Thou Who givest life ; 

Wherefore the world glorifieth Thee. 



After the Psalms and Doxology is repeated 

Come Holy Ghost and till our hearts, in- 
flaming them with Thy Love : Thou Who 
gatherest together Thine elect in the Unity 
of the Faith, descend and rest upon us. 

Then follows 
(pp. 67-75.) 



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CANTICLE. 



And after the Lesson the following Verse, and Response^ 
and Canticle. 

V. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, 
i?. O teach me Thy statutes. 

Canticle. 

(From the Song of the Three Children.) 

Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers : 
and to be praised and exalted above all for 
ever. 

And blessed is Thy glorious and Holy Name : 
and to be praised and exalted above all for 
ever. 

Blessed art Thou, in the temple of Thine 
Holy Glory: and to be praised and glorified 
above all for ever. 

Blessed art Thou that beholdest the depths, 
and sittest upon the Cherubim : and to be 
praised and exalted above all for ever. 

Blessed art Thou on the glorious Throne of 
Thy Kingdom : and to be praised and glorified 
above all for ever. 

Blessed art Thou in the firmament of 
Heaven : and above all to be praised and 
glorified for ever. 

Glory be the Father, etc. 

As it was in the beginning, etc. 

Then is said 



THE CREED. 



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T BELIE YE in God the Father Almighty, 
-A- Maker of heaven and earth : 

And in Jesus Christ his only Son" our Lord ; 
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born 
of the Virgin Mary ; Suffered under Pontius 
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He 
descended into hell, The third day he rose from 
the dead ; He ascended into heaven, And sit- 
teth on the right hand of God the Father Al- 
mighty ; From thence he shall come to judge 
the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The holy 
Catholic Church, The Communion of Saints ; 
The Forgiveness of sins ; The Resurrection of 
the body ; And the Life everlasting. Amen. 

After the Creed, as follows : 

V. The Lord be with you. 
B. And with thy Spirit. 

Let us Pray. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Christ have mercy upon us. 

Christ lime mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

OIIP Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 



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PRAYERS. 



our trespasses, As we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us. And lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is 
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

V. I said, Lord, be merciful unto me : 
i?. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against 
Thee. 

V. Turn Thy Face from my sins : 
R. And put out all my misdeeds. 

V. Make me a clean heart, O God : 
H. And renew a right spirit within me. 

V. Cast me not away from Thy presence : 
H. And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 

V. O give me the comfort of Thy help again : 
H. And stablish me with Thy Free Spirit. 

V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord: 
H. Who hath made heaven and earth. 

Then is said {all together) the following, or some other 
form of Confession {p. 23), the Minister (if present) 
first saying. 

Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God. 

I confess to God Almighty, the Father, the 
Sox, and the Holt G-host, in the sight of the 
whole company of Heaven, that I have sinned 
exceedingly in thought,word, and deed, through 
my own fault, my own great fault, my own 
most grievous fault ; therefore I pray God to 
have mercy upon me. , 

Almighty God, have mercy upon me, and 
bring me to everlasting life. Amen. 



MORNING- PRAYERS. 



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[If a Priest oe present, let him add, 

The Almighty and Merciful God grant you 
Absolution and forgiveness of all your sins, time 
for repentance, amendment of life, and the 
grace and comfort of His Holy Spirit. 

R. Amen.] 

Y. Wilt Thou not turn again and quicken us, 
O Lord? 

R. That Thy people may rejoice in Thee. 
Y. Show us Thy mercy, O Lord. 
R. And grant us Thy salvation. 
Y. Vouchsafe, O Lord, 

R. To keep us this [day] [night] without sin. 

Y. O Lord, have mercy upon us. 

R. Have mercy upon us. 

Y. O Lord, let Thy mercy lighten upon us. 

R. As our trust is in thee. 

Y. Lord, hear our prayer. 

R. And let our cry come unto Thee. 

Here may he said any Collects, Prayers, Litanies, or 
other Acts of Devotion ; to which may de added the fol- 
lowing final prayers : or, the final prayers may here 
immediately follow. 



- 3n tt]e Utormng. 

OLOKD, Heavenly Father, Almighty, 
Ever-living God, Who hast brought me 
through the darkness of Night to the light of the 
Morning, and Who, by the light of Thy Word and 



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MORNING PRAYERS. 



Holy Spirit, dost illumine the darkness of igno- 
rance and sin, I beseech Thee of Thy loving-kind- 
ness to pour Thy Holy Light into my soul ; that 
I may ever be devoted to Thee, by Whose wis- 
dom I was created, by Whose mercy I was re- 
deemed, and by Whose providence I am gov- 
arnedj through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, the God of spirits and of all flesh, 
with Whom no one can compare, Whom 
no one can approach, that givest the sun to rule 
the day, and the muon and stars to govern the 
night, vouchsafe to look upon me with the eyes 
of Thy favor ; receive my morning sacrifice of 
prayer and praise, and bless me with Thy spir- 
itual benediction. Keep me, I beseech Thee, 
this day, as the apple of an eye ; preserve me 
in piety and righteousness, and bring me at 
length unto everlasting life, through Jesus 
Christ Thy So^, with whom unto Thee be 
glory, honor and adoration, in the Holy Ghost, 
now and forever, world without end. Amen. 

Glory be to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee. 

Glory to Thee, who hast given me sleep to 
refresh my weakness, and to alleviate the la- 
bors of this fragile flesh. 

That this day, and every day, I. may pass in 
the perfecting of holiness, in peace, health, and 
innocence, 

Grant me, O Lord. 

That the Angel of peace, my faithful guide, 
the guardian of my soul and body, may encamp 



EVENING PRAYERS. 



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round about me, and continually suggest what 
is needful for my salvation, 
Grant me, Lord. 

The pardon and remission of my sins, and 
strength to withstand every temptation, 
Grant me, O Lord. 

That I may accomplish the remainder of my 
life ini penitence and godly fear, in health of 
body and peace of mind, 

Grant me, O Lord. 

"Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things 
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatso- 
ever things are pure, whatsoever things are 
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report ; 
if there be any virtue, and if there be any 
praise, that I may think on these things and do 
them, 

Grant me, O Lord. 

A Christian termination of my life, free from 
sin and shame, and, if such be Thy pleasure, 
free from pain, and a good account of myself 
before the dread and terrible tribunal of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, 

Grant me, O Lord. 

God the Father bless me ! God the Son de- 
fend me ! God the Holy Ghost preserve me ! 
God the Holy Trinity be with me, now and 
forevermore. Amen. 



LMIGHTY God, Heavenly Father, by 
• whose Merciful Providence I have been 



3n tl)£ (S:vznin%. 




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EVENING PRAYERS. 



preserved, and blessed, and brought in safety 
to the close of another day; let my prayer be 
set forth in Thy sight as the incense, and let 
the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacri- 
fice, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, Who art without beginning and 
without end, the Maker and Governor of 
all things through Christ, Who hast made the 
day for works of light, and the night to give 
rest to our weakness ; do Thou now most kind 
and gracious Lord receive this my evening 
thanksgiving. Thou that hast led me through 
the length of the day, and brought me to the 
beginning of the night, keep and preserve me 
by Thy Christ. Grant that I may pass this 
evening in peace, and this night without sin, 
and, finally, that I may attain everlasting life, 
through Jesus Christ Thy Son ; to whom, with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost, be glory, honor and 
adoration, world without end. Amen. 

GLORY be to the Father of mercies, the 
Father of men and angels, the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Glory be to the most holy and eternal Son 
of God, the blessed Sayiour and Redeemer of 
the world, the Advocate of sinners, the Prince 
of peace, the Head of the Church, and the 
mighty Deliverer of all that call upon Him. 

Glory be to the Holy and Eternal Spirit of 
God, the Holy Ghost the Comforter, the sanc- 
tifying and life-giving Spirit. 



EVENING PRAYERS. 



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All glory and thanks, all honor and power, 
all love and obedience, be to the blessed and 
undivided Trinity, One God Eternal. 

The Heavens declare Thy Glory, the Earth 
confesses Thy Providence, the Sea manifests 
Thy Power, and every Spirit, and every under- 
standing Creature, celebrates Thy Greatness for 
ever and ever. All glory and majesty, all 
praises and dominion be unto Thee, O God, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

LOOK down, I beseech Thee, O Lord, upon 
this dwelling, and drive far from it all 
snares of the enemy: let Thy holy Angels 
dwell within it to preserve us in peace, and let 
Thy blessing ever be upon us, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

At Bed Time: 

I WILL lay me down in peace, and take my 
rest ; for it is Thou, Lord, only, that makest 
me dwell in safety. 

Tn Bed. 

O AVE me, O Lord, while I am awake, and 
O guard me when asleep, that I may watch 
with Christ, and rest in peace. Amen. 



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COLLECTS. 



3n tl)c (Mass. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose 
Spirit the whole body of the Church is 
governed and sanctified ; receive our supplica- 
tions and prayers, which we offer before Thee 
for all estates of men in Thy holy Church, that 
every member of the same, in his vocation and 
ministry, may truly and godly serve Thee, 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our 
supplications and prayers, and dispose the 
way of Thy servants towards the attainment 
of everlasting salvation ; that, among all the 
changes and chances of this mortal life, they 
may ever be defended by Thy most gracious 
and ready help; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the fellowship of the 
Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 



QLoltette. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest 
nothing that Thou hast made, and dost for- 
give the sins of all those who are penitent ; create 



COLLECTS. 



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and make in us new and contrite hearts, that 
we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowl- 
edging our wretchedness, may obtain of Thee, the 
God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgive- 
ness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OMOST mighty God, and merciful Father, 
who hast compassion upon all men, and 
hatest nothing that Thou hast made — who 
wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather 
that he should turn from his sin, and be saved — 
mercifully forgive us our trespasses ; receive 
and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied 
with the burden of our sins. Thy property is 
always to have mercy ; to Thee only it apper- 
tained to forgive sins. Spare us, therefore, 
good Lord, spare Thy people, whom Thou hast 
redeemed; enter not into judgment with Thy 
servants, who are vile earth, and miserable sin- 
ners ; but so turn Thine anger from us, who 
meekly acknowledge our vileness, and truly 
repent us of our faults, and so make haste to 
help us in this world, that we may ever live 
with Thee in the world to come ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OLOED, we beseech Thee, mercifully hear 
our prayers, and spare all those who con- 
fess their sins unto Thee ; that they, whose con- 
sciences by sin are accused, by Thy merciful 

Eardon may be absolved ; through Christ our 
ord. Amen. 



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COLLECTS. 



ALMIGHTY God, Who hast given us Thy 
only begotten Son to take our nature 
upon Him, and to be born of a pure Yirgin ; 
grant that we being regenerate, and made Thy 
children by adoption and grace, may daily be 
renewed by Thy Holy Spirit, through the same 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth 
with Thee and the same Spirit, ever One God, 
world without end. Amen. 

GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized 
into the death of Thy Blessed Son our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual morti- 
fying our corrupt affections, we may be buried 
with Him ; and that through the grave and gate 
of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection, 
for His merits, who died, and was buried, and 
rose again for us, Thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY God, Who madest Thy blessed 
Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the 
law for man ; grant us the true circumcision 
of the Spirit, that, our hearts and all our mem- 
bers being mortified from all worldly and carnal 
lusts, we may in all things obey Thy blessed will, 
through the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who out of the mouths 
of babes and sucklings hast ordained 
strength, and madest infants to glorify Thee 
by their deaths: mortify and kill all vices in 
us, and so strengthen us by Thy grace, that 
by the innocency of our lives, and constancy 



COLLECTS. 



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of our faith even unto death, we may glorify 
Thy Holy Name, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

BLESSED Lord, Who hast caused all holy 
Scriptures to be written for our learning ; . 
grant that we may in such wise hear them,, 
read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, 
that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, 
we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed 
hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given 
us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all good- 
ness, and the well-spring of all divine 
graces, Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us, 
being born in sin, by water and the Holy 
Ghost in the blessed laver of Baptism, thereby 
receiving us into the number of Thy children, 
and making us heirs of everlasting life in the 
communion of all Thy glorious saints ; strengthen 
us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with that blessed: 
Spirit of Thine, the Ghostly Comforter, and 
daily increase in us Thy manifold gifts of grace, . 
the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the • 
Spirit of Counsel and Ghostly Strength, the 
Spirit of Knowledge and True Godliness; and 
fill us, O Lord, with the Spirit of Thy Holy 
Fear, even through Him Who sent down the 
Spirit upon His Church, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, 
Who wast given both to be a sacrifice for 
sin and also an ensample of godly life, Who didst 



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COLLECTS. 



bid us take up our cross daily and follow Thee, 
make, we pray Thee, the yoke of Thy command- 
ments sweet, and the burden of Thy cross light, 
unto our souls. Conform Thy servants, O Lord, 
to the likeness of Thy passion. Give us grace, 
O Eternal Father, that we strive to keep the 
way of the holy cross, and carry in our hearts 
the image of Jesus crucified. Make us cheer- 
fully resign ourselves to Thy divine will, that, 
being fashioned after His life-giving death, we 
may die according to the flesh, and live accord- 
ing to the Spirit of righteousness, through Jesus 
Christ, our Lord and only Saviour. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY God, Who hast knit together 
Thine elect in one communion and fellow- 
ship, in the mystical body of Thy Son Christ 
our Lord ; grant us grace so to follow Thy 
blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly liv- 
ing, that we may come to those unspeakable 
joys, which Thou hast prepared for those who 
unfeignedly love Thee, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

OLORD, raise up, we pray Thee, Thy power, 
and come among us, and with great might 
succor us; that whereas, through our sins and 
wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in 
running the race that is set before us, Thy boun- 
tiful grace and mercy may speedily help and 
deliver us, through the satisfaction of Thy Son 
our Lord: to whom, with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. 
Amen. 



COLLECTS. 



27 



OGOD, the protector of all that trust in 
Thee, without Whom nothing is strong, 
nothing is holy ; increase and multiply upon 
us Thy mercy ; that Thou being our ruler and 
guide, we may so pass through things temporal, 
that we finally lose not the things eternal : 
Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesus 
Christ's sake our Lord. Amen. 

O EVERLASTING God, Who hast ordained 
and constituted the services of angels and 
men in a wonderful order; mercifully grant, 
that as Thy holy Angels always do Thee service 
in heaven, so, by Thy appointment, they may 
succor and defend us on earth, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OLORD, we beseech Thee to keep Thy 
Church and Household continually in Thy 
true religion, that they who do lean only upon 
the hope of Thy heavenly grace, may evermore 
be defended by Thy mighty power, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

OGOD, Who didst teach the hearts of Thy 
faithful people, by sending to them the 
light of Thy Holy Spirit ; grant us by the same 
Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, 
and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort, 
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, 
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity 
of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 



28 



PRAYER FOR PARDON OF SIN. 



O HEAVENLY King, the Paraclete, the 
Spirit of Truth, Who art every where and 
fillest all things, Treasury of blessings and 
Giver of life ; descend and remain upon us, O 
Blessed One, and cleanse us from all impurity, 
and save our souls, for Jesus Christ's sake. 
Amen. 

OGOD, Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the Faith- 
ful, visit, we pray Thee, these Thy servants 
with Thy love and favor ; enlighten their minds 
more and more with the light of the everlasting 
Gospel ; graft in their hearts a love of the truth; 
increase in them true religion ; nourish them 
with all goodness; and of Thy great mercy keep 
them in the same, O Blessed Spirit, Whom, with 
the Father and the Son together, we worship 
and glorify as One God, world without end. 
Amen. 



fJrager for Carbon of Sin* 

ALMIGHTY and Eternal God, Who desirest 
not the death of a sinner, but rather that 
he should turn from his evil way and live ; look 
graciously upon us Thy servants, who here bow 
down before Thee in humiliation and repentance. 
Thou who didst accept the repentance of the 
ISTinevites, when They turned to Thee ; Who 
wouldst have all men to be saved, and come 
to the knowledge of Thy truth ; — Thou, Who 
didst receive with a fatherly compassion Thy 




PRAYER FOR PARDON OF SIN. 



29 



prodigal son, though he had spent all his sub- 
stance in riotous living, seeing that at last he 
was sorry for his Sin, and arose and went to his 
father ; receive, in like manner, we most hum- 
bly beseech Thee, the supplications of us who 
now turn unto Thee. For we have gone astray, 
and done very wickedly ; and if Thou, Lord, 
shouldest be extreme to mark what is done 
amiss, we cannot abide it. But there is mercy 
with Thee. Extend it, therefore, we earnestly 
pray Thee to us Thy servants, and restore us to 
Thy grace and favor, for Jesus Christ His 
sake. Amen, 



Another Prefer for pariran. 

BE Merciful, O Lord, we beseech Thee, and 
forgive us all our sins and iniquities. For- 
give us the sins of our youth, and the sins of our 
riper age ; the sins of the body, and the sins of 
the soul ; the sins of the day, and the sins of 
the night ; the sins we have done to please 
others, and the sins we have done to please- 
ourselves. 

Forgive us our wanton and idle sins; forgive 
us the sins which we know and the sins which 
we know not ; the sins which we have labored 
to hide from others, and the sins which we have 
ourselves forgotten. Whether sins of thought, 
or word, or deed, O Lord, forgive them all. 
Of Thv great mercy let us be absolved from alL 



30 FOE GRACE TO KEEP BAPTISMAL VOWS. 

our offences, and let us be delivered from the 
power of every sin that hath ever had dominion 
over us. Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for 
Jesus Christ His sake. Amen. 



fox (Srace to keep Baptismal bom. 

OLORD, Heavenly Father, Almighty and 
Everlasting God, Who of Thine infinite 
goodness towards us, when we were born in 
sin and children of wrath, didst vouchsafe to 
make us members of Christ, and heirs of eter- 
nal life ; we most heartily thank Thee for call- 
ing us to this state of salvation, and for bestow- 
ing upon us such great and precious privileges. 
Make us ever mindful of the strict account we 
shall have to give, at the judgment-seat of 
Christ, of ! the way in which we fulfil the 
solemn vows and promises made in our names 
at our Baptism ; and we most humbly beseech 
Thee of Thy great mercy, to pardon all our 
past breaches of the same, and to endue us 
with the assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that 
we may continue steadfast in Thy faith and 
fear, and improve all those helps to true piety, 
all those means of grace and edification, which 
Thou hast appointed in Thy Holy Church ; that 
we may henceforth walk in newness of life, 
worthy of that blessed state whereunto Thou 
hast called us; so that, keeping ourselves un- 
spotted from the world, the flesh, and the devil, 



FOE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST. 31 



we may at length attain Thy heavenly promises, 
through the merits of Christ Jesus, our Saviour, 
to Whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be 
all glory and honor, for ever and ever. Amen. 



for tl)e ©ift of tfje ^jolg ©fjost 

BLESSED art Thou, O Lord God Almighty, 
the Fountain of all good things, the Sun of 
Righteousness, Who hast enlightened those who 
sat in darkness by the appearance of Thine 
only begotten Son, our God, as the Sun of Sal- 
vation, and hast been pleased to regenerate 
these Thy servants by water and the Holy 
Ghost, and to grant them pardon of their sins, 
voluntary and involuntary ; grant them, O Lord, 
Thou most merciful Ruler of all things, the seal 
of Thy Holy, Omnipotent, and Adorable Spirit, 
and the participation of the Holy Body, and of 
the Precious Blood of Thy Christ. Keep them 
in Thy holiness, confirm them in the true faith ; 
deliver them from the evil one, and all his in- 
sidious snares; and by the fear of Thee, preserve 
their souls in purity and righteousness, that in 
all their actions and words, they may do that 
which is well pleasing in Thy sight, as Thy 
children and heirs of Thy Heavenly Kingdom, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



32 



LITANY OF THE HOLY GHOST. 



IDitcmg of tlje §olu ®tjost. 

i"\ GOD, the Father of heaven, 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the 
world, 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son, 

O Holy Trinity, one God, 

O Holy Ghost, co-equal with the Father 
and the Son, 

The Lord and Giver of life, 

The Comforter, Regenerator, Sanctifier, 

Mercifully hear us, O Holy Spirit, 

From all sin, from the temptations and snares 
of the devil, from the vain and hurtful pleasures 
of the world, from the spirit of fornication, and 
all intemperance, 

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. 

From despair of salvation, from presumption 
of God's mercy, from questioning known truth, 
from envy at another's grace, from all obstinacy 
and impenitence, 

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. 

By Thy moving upon the face of the waters, 

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. 

By Thy overshadowing the Blessed Virgin, 
and the miraculous conception of the Son of God 
by Thy co-operation, 

Deliver its, O Holy Spirit. 



LITANY OF THE HOLY GHOST. 33 

By Thy descent upon Jesus at His Baptism, 
Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. 

By Thy descent upon the Apostles on the 
day of Pentecost, and by Thy continual abiding 
in the hearts of the faithful, 

Deliver us, O Holy Spirit. 

We sinners beseech Thee to hear us, that 
Thou wouldest shed abroad Thy light and Thy 
truth in our hearts, 

Hear us, O Holy Spirit. 

That Thou wouldest inflame our souls with 
the fire of Thy love. 

Hear us, O Holy Spirit. 

That Thou wouldest open to us the treasures 
of Thy grace, 

Hear us, O Holy Spirit. 

That Thou wouldest enlighten us with Thy 
heavenly inspiration, 

Hear us, O Holy Spirit. 

That Thou wouldest teach us to pray, and 
Thyself pray within us, 
Hear us, O Holy Spirit. 

That Thou wouldest defend us from all ad- 
versity, and lead us into all good, 
Hear us, Holy Spirit. 

That Thou wouldest grant us to persevere 
unto the end in faith, hope, and charity, 
Hear us, O Holy Spirit. 



34 LITANY OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the 
world, 

Send down upon us Thy Holy Spieit. 

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the 
world, 

Send upon us the Promise of the Father. 

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the 
world, 

Give unto us the Spirit of Peace. 

OUR Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
w T ill be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
ns this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation ; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

Make me a clean heart, O God, 
And renew a right spirit within me. 
Cast me not aw r ay from Thy presence, 
And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 
O give me the comfort of Thy help again, 
And stahlish me with Thy Free Spirit. 
May the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, 
Enlighten my senses and my heart. 

Lord, hear my prayer, 

And let my crying come unto Thee, 



LITANY OF THE HOLY GHOST. 



Let us pray. 

GK ANT, Merciful Father, that Thy Divine 
Spirit may enlighten, inflame, and cleanse 
our hearts, that being watered with the dew of 
Thine abundant grace, we may be fruitful in 
good works, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the fellowship of the 
Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 



36 PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 



for tt)£ MtBt bom. 

Act of Renunciation. 

I HAVE sinned, O Lord God, I have sinned 
and done evil in Thy sight ; but I repent, I 
turn to Thee. I confess and forsake my wick- 
edness, and am sorry for my sins. It grieves 
me, O most amiable Goodness, it grieves me 
that ever I offended Thee. With all my heart, 
O my God, do I now renew the Sacred Vow, 
which alas, alas ! I have so often violated. 

Lord God, I do for the future renounce the 
devil, that arch-rebel against Thee, with all his 
apostate angels. I renounce all his worship, all 
his impious suggestions, delusions, and tempta- 
tions, for which he is called the tempter, and all 
the ways of consulting him which ungodly men 
have taken. I renounce all his works, all those 
sins of the spirit ; all pride, and malice, and 
envy ; all treachery, and lying, revenge, and 
cruelty ; all tempting others to sin, hatred to 
holiness, and apostacy which are his daily 
practice, and are truly diabolical. 

1 utterly renounce, O Lord God, u the pomps 
and vanity of this wicked world all covetous 
desires of honor, riches and pleasures ; all sinful 
excesses in things lawful. I renounce, Lord, all 
evil customs, all evil companions, all that is vain 
or wicked in the world, " all that friendship with 
the world which is enmity with Thee," all things 
that may alienate my heart from Thee. I re- 



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nounce, O Lord God, all worldly comforts and' 
possessions ; all my natural relations, and my 
own life, whenever they stand in competition 
with my duty to Thee. 

I utterly renounce, O Lord God, "all the 
sinful lusts of the flesh," all the inordinate 
desires of my own corrupt nature, of my own 
carnal mind, which is at enmity with Thee. 
J renounce, Lord, "all fleshly lusts which war 
against Thee and against my own soul ;" all 
sloth, and idleness, and intemperance ; all las- 
civiousness, all "filthiness of flesh and spirit," 
which render us unclean in Thy sight. O Lord 
God, I utterly renounce all things that may in 
any way displease Thee ; from them all let it 
be Thy good pleasure to deliver me. I know, 
Lord, that sin is the utmost abomination to Thy 
purity, the most daring outrage to Thy adorable 
majesty, the perfect contradiction to Thy deity, 
and therefore I utterly renounce and abhor it. 
I know, Lord, that sin exposes us to all the 
phials of Thy wrath, and to vengeance eternal; 
I know it sets the sinner at the extremest dis- 
tance, and opposition, and defiance to Thee ; 
and therefore I utterly renounce and abhor it. 

I know, Lord, I cannot love Thee unless I 
hate evil; and therefore I renounce and detest 
it. "Turn Thou me, O Lord God, and so shall 
I be turned." Turn, Lord, the whole stream 
of my affections from sensual love to the love 
of Thee. O my God, let Thy heavenly love be 
the constant bias of my soul ! O, may it be the 
natural spring and weight of my heart, that it 



38 PEAYEES TO BE USED IN PEIYATE. 

may always move towards Thee. Thy love, O 
my God, shall hereafter be the sole rule and 
guide of my life ; I will love Thee, and love 
whatever Thou lovest, and hate whatever Thou 
hatest; I will believe all the Articles of the 
Christian Faith, and I will keep Thy holy Will 
and Commandments, and walk in the same all 
the days of my life. All this, O my God, I 
own myself bound to believe and do ; and 
though of myself I am impotent to all good, 
yet by Thy help I will perform it ; and I 
heartily thank Thee, O heavenly Father, Who 
out of mere compassion to my soul hast called 
me to this state of salvation, through Jesus 
Cheist our Loed. 

Glory be to Thee, O Loed, Who hast indulged 
me this opportunity of repentance; glory be to 
Thee, Who hast wrought in me this will to renew 
my Baptismal Vow. O my God, I humbly, 1 
earnestly pray unto Thee to give me continual 
supplies of Thy grace, that I may continue in Thy 
love unto my life's end, that, being "faithful to 
death," 7 I may receive " the crown of life.' 7 O 
Loed God, " I have sworn, and I will perform 
it, that I will keep Thy righteous judgments." 
My heart is empty and disengaged, and longs 
for Thee : enter, O my God ; possess it with Thy 
gracious presence, and fill it with Thy love. 
Loed, for Thy tender mercy's sake, restore me to 
Thy favor ; to all the graces and privileges of 
my baptism, of which I have been spoiled by 
my sins. Loed, make me a living member of 
Thy Church, the mystical Body of Thy Son. 



PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. £>9 



my God, unite me inseparably to Christ my 
Head, and from thence let His gracious influ- 
ence be ever streaming into my soul. " Father, 

1 have sinned against heaven and in Thy sight, 
and am no more worthy to be called Thy son," 
but I return with the prodigal : O let Thy 
paternal bowels yearn on me, and graciously 
receive me. Lord, send Thy Spirit of adoption 
into my heart, to instil true filial affections, 
that I may again be owned by Thee for Thy 
child, and call Thee Father, and share in the 
blessings of Thy children, and at last become 
an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven. O 
Heavenly Father, accept my imperfect repent- 
ance, compassionate my infirmities, forgive my 
wickedness, purify my uncleanness, strengthen 
my weakness, fix my unstableness, and let Thy 
love ever rule in my heart, through the merits, 
and sufferings, and love of the Son of Thy love, 
in Whom Thou art always infinitely pleased. 
Amen. 



The Spirit, ) 
1. That by Thy Fatherly mercy and power 



lot Qcconh bom. 



Act of Faith. 



I believe in Thee, O Lord. 
The Father, ) 
The Word, V On« 




all things were created. 



'4:0 PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 



That by Thy goodness and love towards man 
all things are restored. 

2. In Thy Word; Who for us men and for 
our salvation was made flesh ; was conceived, 
was born, suffered and was crucified, dead, and 
buried ; He descended, He rose again, He as- 
cended, He sat at the right hand ; He shall re- 
turn, and render unto every man. 

3. That, by the illumination and operation 
of Thy Holy Spirit, a peculiar people is called 
out of the whole world into one society, unto 
belief of the truth, and holiness of conversation ; 
that in this Spirit we are made partakers of the 
Communion of Saints, of the remission of sins, 
in this life present ; and that, in the same Spirit, 
we assuredly look for the resurrection of the 
flesh, and life everlasting, in the world to come. 
This most holy faith, once delivered to the 
Saints, I believe, O Lord ; help Thou mine un- 
belief. Increase my little faith ; and mercifully 
grant that I may love the Father for His good- 
ness, and adore the Almighty for His power; 
that I may commit the keeping of my soul to 
Him in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator. 
Grant that I may share salvation of Jesus, unc- 
tion of Christ, adoption of the only-begotten Son. 

That I may worship the Lord, for His Con- 
ception, in faith ; 

For His birth, in humility; 

For His sufferings, in patience, and in hatred 
of sin ; 

For His Cross, in crucifying the first emotions 
of the flesh ; 



PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 41 



For His death, in mortifying the flesh ; 

For His burial, in burying evil thought by 
good works ; 

For His descent, in descending by frequent 
meditation into Hell ; 

For His resurrection, in rising up into new- 
ness of life ; 

For His ascension, in setting my affections on 
things above ; 

For His sitting at the right hand of the 
Father, in giving unto godliness the first place 
in my heart ; 

For His return from thence, in awe of His 
second coming ; 

For His judgment of the world, in judging 
myself, that I be not judged by Him. 

Grant, that I may receive from the Spirit the 
breath of saving grace, 

That in the Church I may be partaker of 
election ; 

In the Holy Church, of Sanctification ; 

In the Catholic Church, of Communication ; 

And of a share of its sacraments and prayers, 
its fastings and groanings, its watchings and 
tears, its afflictions ; unto an assurance of the 
remission of my sins, unto a hope of resurrection 
and translation to eternal life. 

O Thou, that art the hope of all the ends of 
the earth, and of them that remain in the broad 
sea; 

O Thou, in Whom our fathers trusted, and 
Thou didst deliver them ; in Whom they trusted, 
and were not confounded ; 



42 PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 



O Thou, That hast been my hope from my 
youth ; even when I was upon my mother's 
breasts, upon Whom I was cast from the 
womb ; be Thou my refuge henceforth and for 
ever, and my -portion in the land of the living. 

My hope is in the goodness of Thy Nature, 
in the excellency of Thy Names, in Thy Types, 
and Figures, in Thy Word and Works ; let me 
not be ashamed of my hope. 



£ox ttje Spirit bom. 

Prayer for the Grace of Obedience. 

MOST Merciful God, by Whose gracious 
Providence I was born of Christian pa- 
rents, and early dedicated to Thee in Holy 
Baptism, wherein I was made a member of the 
Catholic Church, whereof Jesus Christ is the 
Head, adopted Thy child, and entitled to the 
unspeakable happiness of Thy glorious King- 
dom : I most heartily thank Thee for calling ine 
to this state of salvation, and for bestowing 
upon me such blessed privileges. dispose 
my mind, by Thy heavenly grace, carefully 
and diligently to perform those condhions Thou 
requirest to quality me for such inestimable 
benefits, and that I may continue in the same 
unto my life's end. 

And now, O Lord, that I am preparing my- 
self to receive a farther degree of Thy grace 
and favor, which will advance me to a higher 



PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 4 J 



place among the faithful, admitting me to 
approach Thy Holy Table, I humbly beseech 
Thee to enlighten my mind with the true 
knowledge and understanding of that solemn 
Vow which I made at my Baptism, and which 
I am now about to ratify and confirm publicly 
in Thy presence ; that I may constantly re- 
nounce the devil, by avoiding all those tempta- 
tions with which he seeks to destroy me, and 
by abstaining from all those sins which partake 
most of his diabolical nature ; that I may resist 
all covetous desires of honor, riches, and pleas- 
ure, and all those evil customs and maxims of 
the world which alienate men's minds from the 
love of God ; that I may mortify all the inordi- 
nate appetites of my corrupt nature ; that I may 
believe all holy revelations, and keep Thy blessed 
will and commandments all the days of my life. 

Give me, O Lord, unfeigned repentance for 
all my past errors, that the many and great 
sins which I have committed may not deprive 
melof the assistance of Thy Holy Spirit which 
I am about to receive ; but let my hearty sor- 
row, through the merits of Christ, wash aw^ay 
all that is past, and let power and strength, 
communicated to me from above, mortify and 
subc|ie them for the time to come. I am unable, 
O Lord, of myself to help myself ; mercifully 
gran| that Thy Blessed Spirit may in all things 
rule iny heart ; that by His holy inspiration I 
may Shink those things that are good, and by 
His gracious guiding may perform the same, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



44: PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 



Prayer for a Bight Preparation. 

ALMIGHTY" and most Merciful Father, Who 
hast been pleased in my Baptism to make 
me a Christian, to sanctify my soul with Thy 
grace, and to honor me with the glorious title 
of Thy Child : Behold, notwithstanding the 
many sins which I by thought, word, and deed, 
and by omission, have committed against Thee, 
Thou deignest to call me to receive the greatest 
of all Thy gifts, even the Holy Spirit : for this 
so great kindness all praise and glory be to 
Thee. And now, O most loving Father, be- 
hold I, confessing myself Thine erring and sin- 
ful child [or servant], desire to receive this 
holy ordinance, because it is Thy will and my 
duty ; I venture to approach in order that I 
may be sanctified by Thy Holy Spirit, and may 
be enabled by Thy Divine grace to live up to 
my Christian profession. But how shall I dare 
to come near Thee, who art so awful and so 
holy ? I do confess my utter unworthiness ; 
and I pray Thee to cleanse my soul from all its 
past sin, which I now hate from the bottom of 
my heart ; and to give me those dispositions of 
lowliness, faith, and love, that Thou requirest 
of them that would receive Thy unspeakable 
gift. Grant this, O Lord, for Jesus Christ's 
sake, our only Mediator and Bedeemer. Amen % 



PEAYEES TO BE USED IN PEIYATE. 



45 



®l)£ Qcvcn (BiftB of tl}c ^olg (SMjost. 

(1) The Spirit of Wisdom, (2) and Under- 
standing, (3) the Spirit of Counsel, (4) and 
Ghostly Strength, (5) the Spirit of Knowledge, 
(6) and True Godliness, and (7) the Spirit of 
Holy Fear. 

Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the 
Holy Ghost. 



been graciously pleased to adopt me for 
Thy child in the blessed laver of Baptism, and 
to regenerate me with Thy Holy Spirit ; I de- 
sire now, in all confidence and humility, to ap- 
proach Thee in Confirmation to obtain Thy 
blessing and Thy grace. Perfect in me, I be- 
seech Thee, the work Thou hast begun, and 
strengthen me w T ith Thy sevenfold gifts ; the 
Spirit of Wisdom, that I may despise the per- 
ishable things of this world, and love the things 
that are Eternal ; the Spirit of Understanding, 
to enlighten me, and to give me a more perfect 
knowledge in the mysteries of the Faith ; the 
Spirit of Counsel, that I may make a right 
choice in things belonging to my eternal salva- 
tion ; the Spirit of Ghostly Strength, that I may 
overcome all temptations ; the Spirit of Knowl- 
edge, that I may at all times know what the will 
of the Lord is ; the Spirit of true Godliness, that 
I may be faithful and devout in the service of 
God ; and the Spirit of Holy Fear, that I may 
be filled with a loving reverence towards God, 




eternal God, Who hast 



46 PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 

and may dread in any way to displease Him. 
Seal me, in Thy mercy, with the seal of a dis- 
ciple of Jesus Christ unto eternal life ; and 
grant that carrying the cross upon my forehead 
I may carry it also in my heart ; and, confess- 
ing Thee boldly before men, may be found 
worthy to be reckoned in the number of Thine 
elect. Amen. 



®f)£ &m\vz iFrmts of ttje fjola ©bast. 

(1) Love, (2) Joy, (3) Peace, (4) Long-suffer- 
ing, (5) Gentleness, (6) Goodness, (7) Fai^h, (8) 
Meekness, (9) Patience, (10) Modesty, (11) 
Temperance, (12) Chastity. 

Prayer for the Twelve Fruits of the Holy 
Ghost. 

OHOLY SPIRIT, Eternal Love of the Fa- 
ther and of the Sox, grant me to taste the 
sweetness of Thy loving-kindness : the Fruit of 
Love, that I may love Thee above all things, 
and my neighbour as myself ; the Fruit of Joy, 
that I may be filled with a holy consolation ; 
the Fruit of Peace, that I may enjoy inward 
tranquillity of soul ; the Fruit of Long-suffer- 
ing, that I may endure humbly every thing 
that is opposed to my own desires ; the Fruit 
of Gentleness, that I may be kind and consid- 



PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 47 

erate to the brethren and to all men : the Fruit 
of Goodness, that I may be ever ready to do 
them good ; the Fruit of Faith, that I may 
rightly receive the Word of Truth, and rightly 
walk in it ; the Fruit of Meekness, that I may sub- 
due every rising of evil temper, and so far from 
offering the least injury may never return the 
greatest ; the Fruit of Patience, that I may not 
be discouraged by delay, but may persevere in 
prayer ; the Fruit of Modesty, that I may be 
holy in my thoughts, watchful in my words, 
and grave in all my behavior ; the Fruit of 
Temperance, that using Thy creatures to Thy 
glory I may keep my body in subjection ; the 
Fruit of Chastity, that with a pure body and a 
clean heart I may adore and please Thee to my 
life's end ; so that having served Thee faithful- 
ly here on earth I may attain in Jesus Christ 
to praise Thee eternally in Heaven, with the 
Father and the Son, three Persons, one glo- 
rious and eternal God, to Whom be glory now 
and evermore. Amen. 

A Daily Exercise to be Used the Week 
before Confirmation. 

IPEAISE Thee with my whole heart, and 
I give thanks to Thee, 6 Lord my God, for 
that when I was nothing Thou didst create me 
after Thine Own Image ; and when I was lost, 
being a child of wrath, Thou didst, of Thine in- 
finite love, redeem me by Thy most Holy Life 
and Passion, by Thy 'Blood and Precious 



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Death ; and, moreover, hast prepared for me 
everlasting joys and blessings in heaven. And 
now, though I am unworthy of all grace and 
kindness, nay, rather full of sin, and worthy of 
punishment, Thou dost call me to Thyself, and 
wiliest to reconsecrate me to Thy service ; 
Thou longest to seal my soul with the sacred 
character of a soldier of Jesus Christ, and to 
bestow on me the Holt Ghost, together with 
His gracious Gifts, that He may abide with me 
continually. O my Gracious and Merciful 
God, I pray Thee, of Thine infinite goodness, 
that Thou wouldst infuse into my heart all the 
dispositions necessary for receiving this Divine 
Guest. Alas ! my Lord, that I have been so 
ungrateful for Thy many blessings to me, and 
that I have so often offended Thee, my God, 
and my Chief Good. I know indeed and feel 
that I am far from possessing those sentiments 
of faith, love, humility, and fervour, which 
ought now to animate my soul ; but all things 
are possible with Thee, and Thou hast promised 
to give to them that ask. Purify my soul from 
every stain by the infinite merits of the Death 
and Passion of Thy dear Son. Destroy in me 
not only sin, and the inclination to sin, but all 
the remains of sin, and all the fatal impressions 
it may have engraven on my senses. 

Lord, I do abhor all the sins of my past life; 
every fault, every imperfect inclination, I de- 
test from the bottom of my heart ; and I pray 
Thee that none of them may hinder the gifts 
and graces which Thou desirest to bestow on 
Thine unworthy child. And I do now at this 



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time firmly resolve before Thee and all the 
Company of Heaven to follow more closely Thy 
Divine Will, to avoid all sins, especially my 
besetting sins, [here naming them] and to shun 
all occasions of sin. I moreover sincerely re- 
solve to serve Thee faithfully all the days of 
my life. This indeed, O Lord, is my will ; but 
without Thee it w 7 ill not avail. Without Thee 
I can do nothing. Arise, Thou, therefore, to 
help me, and impart to me the Sevenfold Gifts 
of the Holy Ghost the Comforter, that the 
good I will, I may be able also to perform ; 
and, endued with strength from on high, may 
be enabled to fight manfully against my spirit- 
ual enemies, and prove myself a good soldier 
of Jesus Christ unto my life's end. And 
grant that, with all who have departed hence 
in Thy faith and fear, 1 may live with Thee, 
and rejoice in Thee, and praise Thee, through- 
out eternity. Amen. 



JUST as I am — without one plea, 
But that Thy blood was shed for me, 
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee, 
O Lamb of God, I come. 

Just as I am — and waiting not 
To rid my soul of one dark blot — 
To Thee,' whose blood can cleanse each spot, 
O Lamb of God, I come. 



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Just as 1 am — though tossed about 
With many a conflict, many a doubt, 
With fears within, and foes without — - 
O Lamb of God, I come. 

Just as I am — poor, wretched, blind ; 
All that I need for heart or mind, 
In Thine abounding grace to find — 
O Lamb of God, I come. 

Just as I am— Thou w T ilt receive, 
Wilt grant my soul a full reprieve, 
Because Thy promise I believe — 
O Lamb of God, I come. 

Just as I am — Thy love unknown, 
Has broken every barrier down : 
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, 
O Lamb of God, I come. 



Sin (Sfomise to be nscb on tlje SDag of (Con- 
firmation before t!)e Caging on of $anirs. 

Direction of the Intention. 

OHOLY, Almighty, Life-giving Spirit, I 
desire to come to Thee this day to receive 
Thy grace and blessing, for Thy honor and 
glory, and the good of my own soul. I desire 
to come to Thee because it is Thy Will, and 



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Thou hast commanded me to do so. I desire 
to come to Thee that I may be confirmed in 
the Faith, and strengthened for all good. I 
desire to come to Thee, that Thou mayest come 
unto me, and dwell in my heart for ever. 

Act of Contrition. 

BUT alas ! I am unworthy to come unto Thee, 
by reason of my many sins which I have 
committed against Thee from my birth up to 
this very moment. I know them, and confess 
them, (here name your besetting sins ;) I am 
sorry for them, and by Thy grace I will forsake 
them ; forgive me for Thy mercy's sake ; pardon 
me what is past, and grant that for the time to 
come I may- please Thee in all things. 

Act of Faith. 

I FIRMLY believe that in Confirmation I am 
about to receive Thee ; I believe it, because 
this means of grace is of Thy appointment ; and 
Thou wilt accompany with its promised bless- 
ing, the Institution of Thine own ordaining. 
And I believe that whomsoever Thou indwell- 
est Thou makest to be the abode of the Father 
and the Son. Lord, I believe, help Thou mine 
unbelief. 

Act of Hope. 

I CONFIDENTLY hope that, receiving Thee 
together with Thy Gracious Gifts, I may 
bring forth abundantly the Fruits of the Spirit, 



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and that Thou wilt, of Thine infinite goodness, 
make me a perfect Christian, and give me cour- 
age to confess the Faith, and to die in It. 

Act of Love. 

OHOLY Spirit, I love Thee, and I desire 
to love Thee more and more, even with 
my whole heart ; because Thou art infinitely 
good, and most w T orthy to be loved. Kindle 
in my heart the Fire of Thy Love, that I may 
love Thee all the days of my life. 

Act of Self-Consecration. 

AND now, Lord, I desire, in all humility, to 
offer to Thee my whole self ; body, soul, 
and spirit. All I am, and all I have — my life, 
my time, my senses, my affections, my words, 
thoughts, and actions, my motives, wishes, and 
desires — I do now offer and consecrate unto 
Thee, together with the Father and the Son. 
This I do with the full and free consent of my 
will, and with my whole heart ; and I pray 
Thee that Thou wouldst bless, sanctify, and 
accept this my sacrifice, though it be worthless, 
as a sweet-smelling savor ; and, receiving it 
at the hands of our Great High Priest, be 
graciously pleased to send down Thy Divine 
Fire to consume it on Thy spiritual Altar. 



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Smmsiriatelg before tlje Caging on of § aufo. 

Invocation of the Blessed Spirit. 

COME then, O Holy Spirit, come ; come, O 
come, Most Merciful Comforter ; come, 
Thou blessed Paraclete ; come, Thou celestial 
Fire ; come, Thou Purifier of sins, Thou Healer 
of wounds ; come, Thou Upholder of the fall- 
ing, Thou Lifter-up of the fallen ; come, Thou 
Teacher of the humble, Thou Destroyer of the 
proud ; come, Thou Friend of the friendless, 
Hope of the hopeless, Consoler of the sorrow- 
ful, Haven of the weary, Physician of the sick ; 
come, Thou Glory of the living, Only Salvation 
of the dying ! Come, O most holy, thrice holy, 
Holy Ghost, come, and have pity on me ; 
anoint and bless me ; direct me and defend 
me ; strengthen me and comfort me ; confirm 
me and gladden me; fit me for Thyself: and, 
having made me fit, dwell in me for ever ; and 
grant that my littleness may be acceptable to 
Thy Greatness, my weakness to Thy Strength, 
according to the multitude of Thy compassions ; 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour, Who with 
the Father liveth and reigneth in Thy Unity 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

Then may de added, in behalf of all confirmed with you, 
as well as of yourself 

Yeni Creator Spiritus. 




OME, O Creator, Spirit blest ! 
And in our souls take up Thy rest ; 



54: PRAYERS TO BE USED IN PRIVATE. 

Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, 
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. 

Great Paraclete ! to Thee we cry ; 
O highest gift of God most high ! 
O Fount of life ! O Fire of love ! 
And sweet anointing from above ! 

Thou in Thy Seven-fold Gifts art known ; 
The finger of God's hand we own ; 
The promise of the Father Thou ! 
Who dost the tongue with power endow. 

Kindle our senses from above, 
And make our hearts o'erflow with love ; 
"With patience firm, and virtue high, 
The weakness of our flesh supply. 

Far from us drive the foe we dread, 
And grant us Thy true peace instead ; 
So shall we not, with Thee for guide, 
Turn from the path of life aside. 

O, may Thy grace on us bestow, 
The Father and the Son to know, 
And Thee through endless times confess'd 
Of Both th' Eternal Spirit blest. 

All glory while the ages run 

Be to the Father, and the Sojst 

Who rose from death ; the same to Thee, 

O Holy Ghost, eternally. Amen. 



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Veni Sancte Spiritus. 

HOLT Spirit ! Lord of light ! 
From Thy clear celestial height 
Thy pure beaming radiance give. 
Come, Thou Father of the poor ! 
Come with treasures which endure ! 
Come, Thou light of all that live ! 

Thou, of all Consolers best, 
Yisiting the troubled breast, 

Dost refreshing peace bestow : 
Thou in toil art comfort sweet ; 
Pleasant coolness in the heat; 

Solace in the midst of woe. 

Light. Immortal ! Light Divine ! 
Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, 

And our inmost being fill : 
If Thou take Thy grace away, 
Nothing pure in man will stay ; 

All his good is turn'd to ill. 

Heal our wounds — our strength renew 
On our dryness pour Thy dew ; 

Wash the stains of guilt away : 
Bend the stubborn heart and will ; 
Melt the frozen, warm the chill ; 

Guide the steps that go astray. 

Thou, on those who evermore 
Thee confess, and Thee adore, 

In Thy seven-fold gifts descend : 
Give them comfort when they die ; 
Give thern life with Thee on high ; 

Give them joys which never end. 



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SmmeMatelg after tlje Caging on of Ijanite, 
anir on il)c Qtvcn Dans following. 

OMOST Holy, Blessed. Adorable, Incom- 
prehensible Trinity, Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost ; Three Persons, and One God ; 
by Whom I am created, redeemed, regen- 
erated ; I confess to Thee, and will confess ; 
I bless Thee, and will bless ; I give thanks 
unto Thee, and will give thanks all the days 
of my life. 

THANKS BE UNTO GOD FOE HIS UN- 
SPEAKABLE GIFT. 

May it sanctify my spirit, soul and body, and 
give me grace to worship and to please Thee 
in piety and holiness until my very last breath. 

O Holy and Most Merciful Father, look on 
me in mercy and in love ; I am not mine, but 
Thine. Despise not Thou the work of Thine 
Own Hands, but look upon the Face of Thine 
Anointed, Whom Thou hast given to be my 
Mediator and Intercessor. 

O Holy, Merciful, Loving Jesus Christ, look 
on me in mercy and in love ; I am not mine, 
but Thine. Despise not Thou the cost of Thine 
Own Blood : but by Thy Holy Incarnation, 
Life, Passion, and Resurrection, reconcile me 
to the Father, and grant that no wilful sin 
may ever separate me from Thee. 

O Holy, Merciful, Life giving Spirit, look on 
me in mercy and in love : I am not mine, but 
Thine. Despise me not, who am consecrated 
to Thee, and by Thee ; but sanctify me wholly, 



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that my whole body, soul, and spirit may be a 
fit temple for Thee to dwell in. 

O Holy, Undivided Trinity, look on me in 
mercy and in love ; I am not mine, but Thine, 
may I be Thine for ever; in life and death, in 
grace and glory ; may I not receive Thy grace 
in vain. Enable me to withstand the tempta- 
tions with which I am most infested. Perfect 
the work Thou hast begun in me, that at the 
last I may be translated to Thy kingdom of 
glory. Amen. 

Then may be said 
Psalm cm. 

1 Praise the Lord, my Soul ! 

And all that is within me, praise His Holy Name. 

2 Praise the Lokd, my Soul ! 
And forget not all His benefits — 

3 Who forgiveth all thy sin, 

And healeth all thine infirmities ; 

4 Who saveth thy life from destruction, 

And crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness ; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, 
Making thee young and lusty as an eagle. 

6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment 
For all them that are oppressed with wrong. 

7 He showed His ways unto Moses, 
His works unto the Children of Israel. 

8 The Loed is full of compassion and mercy, 
Long-suffering, and of great goodness. 

9 He will not alway be chiding ; 
Neither keepeth He His anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 

Nor rewarded us according to our wickedness : 



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11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the 

earth, 

12 So great is His mercy also toward them that fear Him. 

13 Look how wide also the East is from the West ; 
So far hath He set our sins from us. 

14 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children: 

Even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear Him. 

15 For He knoweth whereof we are made ; 
He remembereth that we are but dust. 

16 The days of man are but as grass ; 

For he flourisheth as the flower of the field — 

17 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; 
And the place thereof shall know it no more. 

18 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for 

ever and ever upon them that fear Him ; 
And His righteousness upon children's children ; * 

19 Even upon such as keep His Covenant, 

And think upon his Commandments to do them. 

20 The Lord hath prepared His seat in Heaven, 
And His Kingdom ruleth over all. 

21 praise the Lord, ye angels of His, 

Ye that excel in strength; ye that fulfil his Com- 
mandments, 
And hearken unto the voice of His word. 

22 praise the Lord, all ye His hosts ; 
Ye servants of His that do His pleasure. 

23 speak good of the Lord, all ye works of His. 
In all places of His dominion : 

Praise thou the Lord, my Soul ! 

Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 



PSALMS. 



59 



&\\z Slag of QTonfirtttaliatt. 

Psalm cxvi. Dilexi, quoniam. 



I AM well pleased that the 
Loed hath heard the voice 
of my prayer ; 

2 That he hath inclined 
his ear unto me; therefore 
will I call upon him as long 
as 1 live. 

3. The snares of death 
compassed me round ahout, 
and the pains of hell gat 
hold upon me. 

4 I shall find trouble and 
heaviness, and I will call 
upon the Name of the Loed ; 
Loed, I beseech thee, de- 
liver my soul. 

5 Gracious is the Loed, 
and righteous ; yea, our God 
is merciful. 

6 The Loed preserveth 
- the simple : I was in misery, 

and he helped me. 

7 Turn again then unto 
thy rest, my soul ; for the 
Loed hath rewarded thee. 

8 And why ? thou hast 
delivered my soul from death, 
mine eyes from tears, and 
my feet from falling. 

9 I will walk before the 
Loed in the land of the liv- 
ing. 

10 I believed, and there- 
fore will I speak ; but I was 
sore troubled : I said in my 
haste, All men are liars. 



11 What reward shall I 
give unto the Loed for all the 
benefits that he hath done 
unto me? 

12 I will receive the cup 
of salvation, and call upon 
the Name of the Loed. 

13 I will pay my vows 
now in the presence of all 
his people : right dear in the 
sight of the Lord is the death 
of his saints. 

14 Behold, Loed, how 
that I am thy servant ; I am 
thy servant, and the son of 
thy handmaid; thou hast 
broken my bonds in sunder. 

15 I will offer to thee the 
sacrifice of thanksgiving, and 
will call upon the Name of 
the Loed. 

16 I will pay my vows 
unto the Loed, in the sight 
of all his people, in the courts 
of the Loed's house; even 
in the midst of thee, Jeru- 
salem. Praise the Loed. 

Glory be to the Fathee, &c. 

[0 Lord ! who dost wash out our 
offences; do Thou quickly comfort 
us who faithfully call upon Thee; 
and we beseech Thee, that, deliver- 
ing us from the dangers of Hell, 
Thou wouldst blot out our trans- 
gressions, and restore us from death 
to the land of the living, through 
Christ our Lord. Amen.] 



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Qwen penitential $teahtt0. 

Against Anger. 
Psalm vi. Domine, ne in furore. 



OLORD, rebuke me not 
in thine indignation, 
neither chasten me in thy 
displeasure. 

2 Have mercy upon me, 
Lord, for I am weak ; 
Lord, heal me, for my bones 
are vexed. 

3 My soul also is sore 
troubled: but, Lord, how 
long wilt thou punish me ? 

4 Turn thee, Lord, and 
deliver my soul ; save me, 
for thy mercy's sake : 

5 For in death no man re- 
membereth thee ; and who 
will give thee thanks in the 
pit? 

6 I am weary of my groan- 
ing : every night wash I my 
bed, and water my couch 
with my tears. 

7 My beauty is gone for 



very trouble, and worn away 
because of all mine enemies. 

8 Away from me, all ye 
that work vanity ; for the 
Lord hath heard the voice 
of my weeping. 

9 The Lord hath heard 
my petition ; the Lord will 
receive my prayer. 

10 All mine enemies shall 
be confounded, and sore 
vexed ; they shall be turned 
back, and put to shame sud- 
denly. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

[O Lord, the hearer of all men, 
give ear to the suppliant voice of our 
weeping,and grant perpetual sound- 
ness to our infirmities, so that whilst 
Thou dost vouchsafe to receive the 
groans of our affliction, Thou mayest 
console us by Thy mercy, through 
Christ our Lord. Amen.] 



Psalm xxxii. 

BLESSED is he whose un- 
righteousness is forgiven, 
and whose sin is covered. 

2 Blessed is the man unto 
whom the Lord imputeth no 
sin, and in whose spirit there 
is no guile. 

3 For whilst I held my 



t Pride. 

Beati, quorum. 

tongue, my bones consumed 
away through my daily com- 
plaining. 

4 For thy hand is heavy 
upon me day and night, and 
my moisture is like the 
drought in summer. 

5 I will acknowledge my 



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61 



sin unto thee ; and mine un- 
righteousness have I not 
hid. 

6 I said, I will confess my 
sins unto the Lord ; and so 
thou forgavest the wickedness 
of my sin. 

7 For this shall every one 
that is godly make his prayer 
unto thee, in a time when 
thou mayest be found; but 
in the great water-floods they 
shall not come nigh him. 

8 Thou art a place to hide 
me in; thou shalt preserve 
me from trouble ; thou shalt 
compass me about with songs 
of deliverance. 

9 I will inform thee, and 
teach thee in the way wherein 
thou shalt go ; and I will guide 
thee with mine eye. 



10 Be ye not like to horse 
and mule, which h ave no un- 
derstanding; whose mouths 
must be held with bit and bri- 
dle, lest they fall upon thee. 

11 Great plagues remain 
for the ungodly ; but whoso 
putteth his trust in the Lord, 
mercy embraceth him on 
every side. 

1 2 Be glad, ye righteous, 
and rejoice in the Lord ; and 
be joyful, all ye that are true 
of heart. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

[0 Holy Lord, who, forgiving ini- 
quity, bestowest benediction on 
those who confess Thee ; give ear to 
the petitions of Thy family who fall 
down before Thee, and, breaking 
the sting of sin, do Thou fill us with 
spiritual joy, through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen.] 



Against Gluttony. 
Psalm xxxviii. Domine, ne in furore. 



PUT me not to rebuke, 
Lord, in thine anger; 
neither chasten me in thy 
heavy displeasure : 

2 For thine arrows stick 
fast in me, and thy hand 
presseth me sore. 

3 There is no health in 
my flesh, because of thy dis- 
pleasure; neither is there 
any rest in my bones, by 
reason of my sin. 

4 For my wickednesses 
are gone over my head, and 



are like a sore burden, too 
heavy for me to bear. 

5 My wounds stink, and 
are corrupt, through my fool- 
ishness. 

6 I am brought into so 
great trouble and misery, 
that I go mourning all the 
day long. 

7 For my loins are filled 
with a sore disease, and there 
is no whole part in my body. 

8 I am feeble and sore 
smitten; I have roared for 



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PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 



the very disquietness of my 
heart. 

9 Lord, thou knowest all 
my desire ; and my groaning 
is not hid from thee. 

10 My heart panteth, my 
strength hath failed me, and 
the sight of mine eyes is 
gone from me. 

11 My lovers and my 
neighbours did stand looking 
upon my trouble, and my 
kinsmen stood afar off. 

12 They also that sought 
after my life laid snares for 
me; and they that went 
about to do me evil talked 
of wickedness, and imagined 
deceit all the day long. 

13 As for me, I was like 
a deaf man, and heard not; 
and as one that is dumb, who 
doth not open his mouth. 

14 1 became even as a man 
that heareth not, and in whose 
mouth are no reproofs. 

15 For in thee, Lord, 
have I put my trust; thou 
shalt answer for me, Lord 
my God. 

16 I have required that 



they, even mine enemies, 
should not triumph over me ; 
for when my foot slipt, they 
rejoiced greatly against me. 

IT And I truly am set in 
the plague, and my heaviness 
is ever in my sight. 

18 For I will confe&s my 
wickedness, and be sorry for 
my sin. 

19 But mine enemies live, 
and are mighty; and they 
that hate me wrongfully are 
many in number. 

20 They also that reward 
evil for good are against me; 
because I follow the thing 
that good is. 

21 Forsake me not, 
Lord, my God ; be not thou 
far from me. 

22 Haste thee to help me, 
Lord God of my salvation. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

[0 Lord ! mighty Physician of the 
wounds and diseases of mortals ! 
bestow Thy health upon our infir- 
mities ; so that we, who pour out be- 
fore Thee all our mourning and 
grief, may be enabled to overcome 
the assaults of the sins which mock 
us, through Christ our Lord. Amen.] 



Against Lust. 
Psalm li. Miserere mei, Deus. 

HAYE mercy upon me, multitude of thy mercies, do 
God, after thv great away mine offences, 
goodness ; according to the 2 Wash me throughly 



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63 



from my wickedness, and 
cleanse me from my sin : 

3 For I acknowledge my 
faults, and my sin is ever 
before me. 

4 Against thee only have 
I sinned, and done' this evil 
in thy sight, that thou might - 
est be justified in thy saying, 
and clear when thou art 
judged. 

5 Behold, I was shapen 
in wickedness, and in sin 
hath my mother conceived 
me. 

6 But lo, thou requirest 
truth in the inward parts, 
and shalt make me to under- 
stand wisdom secretly. 

7 Thou shalt purge me 
with hyssop, and I shall be 
clean ; thou shalt wash me, 
and I shall be whiter than 
snow. 

8 Thou shalt make me 
hear of joy and gladness, 
that the bones which thou 
hast broken may rejoice. 

9 Turn thy face from my 
sins, and put out all my mis- 
deeds. 

10 Make me a clean heart, 
God, and renew a right 
spirit within me. 

11 Cast me not away from 
thy presence, and take not 
thy Holy Spirit from me. 

12 O give me the comfort 
of thy help again, and stablish 
me with thy Free Spirit 



13 Then shall I teach thy 
ways unto the wicked, and 
sinners shall be converted 
unto thee. 

14 Deliver me from blood- 
guiltiness, God, thou that 
art the God of my health ; 
and my tongue shall sing of 
thy righteousness. 

15 Thou shalt open my 
lips, LoTtD, and my mouth 
shall show thy praise. 

16 For thou desirest no 
sacrifice, else would I give it 
thee ; but thou delightest 
not in burnt-offerings. 

17 The sacrifice of God is 
a troubled spirit: a broken 
and contrite heart, God, 
shalt thou not despise. 

18 be favorable and 
gracious unto Sion ; build 
thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

19 Then shalt thou be 
pleased with the sacrifice of 
righteousness, with the burnt- 
offerings and oblations ; then 
shall they offer young bul- 
locks upon thine altar. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

[0 God in Trinity, Name ineffa- 
ble, who purifiest the heart of man 
from sin, and makest it whiter 
than snow, pour down upon us the 
abundance of Thy mercy ; renew, 
we beseeh Thee, Thy Holy Spirit 
within us, that we may show forth 
Thy praise, and, strengthened by 
Thy especial grace, may be worthy 
of obtaining rest in the eternal man- 
sions of the Heavenly Jerusalem, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
Amen.] 



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Against Avarice. 
Psalm cii. Domine, exaudi. 

HEAR my prayer, 11 My days are gone like 

Loed, and let my cry a shadow, and I am with- 

come unto thee. ered like grass. 

2 Hide not thy face from 12 But thou, Lord, 
me in the time of my trou- shalt endure for ever, and 
ble; incline thine ear unto thy remembrance through- 
me when I call ; hear me, out all generations. 

and that right soon. 13 Thou shalt arise, and 

3 For my days are con- have mercy upon Sion ; for 
sumed away like smoke, and it is time that thou have 
my bones are burnt up as it mercy upon her, yea, the 
were a firebrand. time is come. 

4 My heart is smitten 14 And why ? thy ser- 
down, and withered like vants think upon her stones, 
grass ; so that I forget to and it pitieth them to see 
eat my bread. her in the dust. 

5 For the voice of my 15 The heathen shall fear 
groaning, my bones will thy Name, Loed ; and all 
scarce cleave to my flesh. the kings of the earth thy 

6 I am become like a peli- Majesty ; 

can in the wilderness, and 16 When the Loed shall 

like an owl that is in the build up Sion, and when his 

desert. glory shall appear ; 

7 I have watched, and am 17 When he turneth him 
even as it were a sparrow, unto the prayer of the poor 
that sitteth alone upon the destitute, and despiseth not 
house-top. their desire. 

8 Mine enemies revile me 18 This shall be written 
all the day long; and they for those that come after, 
that are mad upon me are and the people which shall 
sworn together against me. be born shall praise the 

9 For I have eaten ashes Loed. 

as it were bread, and mingled 19 For he hath looked 

my drink with weeping; down from his sanctuary; 

10 And that, because of out of the heaven did the 
thine indignation and wrath, Loed behold the earth ; 

for thou hast taken me up, 20 That he might hear 
and cast me down. the mourning of such as 



PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 



65 



are in captivity, and deliver 
the children appointed unto 
death ; 

21 That they may declare 
the Name of the Lord in 
Sion, and his worship at 
Jerusalem ; 

22 When the people are 
gathered together, and the 
kingdoms also, to serve the 
Loed. 

23 He brought down my 
strength in my journey, and 
shortened my days. 

24 But I said, my 
God, take me not away in 
the midst of mine age ; as 
for thy years, they en- 
dure throughout all genera- 
tions. 

25 Thou, Lord, in the be- 
ginning hast laid the found- 
ation of the earth, and the 



heavens are the work of thy 
hands. 

26 They shall perish, but 
thou shalt endure : they all 
shall wax old as doth a gar- 
ment ; 

27 And as a vesture shalt 
thou change them, and they 
shall be changed ; but thou 
art the same, and thy years 
shall not fail. 

28 The children of thy 
servants shall continue, and 
their seed shall stand fast in 
thy sight. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

[O Lord ! who hearest prayer, 
give ear to the petitions of Thy 
suppliants ; so that we, who, taken 
captive by our sins, are as it were 
withered like grass, may be deliv- 
ered by the regards of Thy celestial 
mercy, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen.] 



Psalm cxxx. 

OUT of the deep have I 
called unto thee, 
Lord ; Lord, hear my 
voice. 

2 let thine ears con- 
sider well the voice of my 
complaint. 

3 If thou, Lord, wilt be 
extreme to mark what is 
done amiss, Lord, who 
may abide it ? 

4 For there is mercy with 



) Unvy. 

Be profundis. 

thee ; therefore shalt thou be 
feared. 

5 I look for the Lord ; 
my soul doth wait for him ; 
in his word is my trust. 

6 My soul fleeth unto the 
Lord before the morning 
watch ; I say, before the 
morning watch. 

7 Israel, trust in the 
Lord ; for with the Lord 
there is mercy, and with 



66 



PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 



him is plenteous redemp- 
tion. 

8 And he shall redeem 
Israel from all his sins. 

Glory be to the Father, 
&c. 



[Give ear, Lord ! we beseech 
Thee of Thy goodness, to the pray- 
ers of Thy suppliants, since with 
Thee is the propitiation for our 
sins ; and mark not our iniquities, 
but bestow Thy mercies upon us, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen.] 



Against Sloth, 
Psalm cxliii. Domine, exaudL 



HEAR my prayer, 
Lord, and consider 
my desire ; hearken unto 
me for thy truth and righte- 
ousness' sake. 

2 And enter not into judg- 
ment with thy servant ; for 
in thy sight shall no man 
living be justified. 

3 For the enemy hath 
persecuted my soul ; he hath 
smitten my life down to the 
ground ; he hath laid me in 
the darkness, as the men 
that have been long dead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit 
vexed within me, and my 
heart within me is desolate. 

5 Yet do I remember the 
time past : I muse upon all 
thy works ; yea, I exercise 
myself in the works of thy 
hands. 

6 I stretch forth my 
hands unto thee ; my soul 
gaspeth unto thee as a thirs- 
ty land. 

7 Hear me, Lord, and 
that soon; for my spirit 



waxeth faint: hide not thy 
face from me, lest I be like 
unto them that go down in- 
to the pit. 

8 let me hear thy lov- 
ing-kindness betimes in the 
morning ; for in thee is my 
trust : show thou me the 
way that I should walk in : 
for I lift up my soul unto 
thee. 

9 Deliver me, Lord, 
from mine enemies ; for I 
flee unto thee to hide me. 

10 Teach me to do the 
thing that pleaseth thee ; for 
thou art my God ; let thy 
loving Spirit lead me forth 
into the land of righteous- 
ness. 

11 Quicken me, Lord, 
for thy Name's sake; and 
for thy righteousness' sake 
bring my soul out of 
trouble. 

12 And of thy goodness 
slay mine enemies, and de- 
stroy all them that vex my 
soul ; for I am thy servant. 



LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 67 



Glory be to the Fathee, 
&c. 

[0 God 1 who in the holy morn- 
ing of Thy Resurrection madest 
Thy joy to be heard when, return- 
ing from Hell, Thou didst fill the 
earth with gladness which Thou 
hadst left in gloom : we beseech the 
ineffable Majesty of Thy Power, 



that as Thou didst cause the holy 
company of the Apostles to rejoice 
in Thy rising, so Thou wouldst 
vouchsafe, with the radiance of 
Thy celestial splendor, to illumine 
Thy Church which with outstretched 
hands doth beseech Thee, who 
livest and reignest with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, God, world 
without end. Amen.] 



jUssons from t\)c <2Mi> Testament. 
I. 

THE fear of the Lord is the walk not thou in the way 

beginning of knowledge : with them ; refrain thy foot 

out fools despise wisdom and from their path : for their 

instruction. My son, hear feet run to evil, and make 

the instruction of thy father, haste to shed blood : (Surely 

and forsake not the law of in vain the net is spread in 

thy mother : for they shall the sight of any bird.) And 

be an ornament of grace un- they lay wait for their own 

to thy head, and chains blood ; they lurk privily for 

about thy neck. their own lives. So are the 

My son, if sinners entice ways of every one that is 

thee, consent thou not. If greedy of gain ; which taketh 

they say, Come with us, let away the life of the owners 

us lay wait for blood, let us thereof 
lurk privily for the innocent 

without cause : let us swal- II. 
low them up alive, as the 

grave ; and whole, as those TTTISDOM crieth with- 

that go down into the pit : » ▼ out ; she uttereth her 

we shall find all precious voice in the streets : she 

substance, we shall fill our crieth in the chief place of 

houses with spoil : cast in concourse, in the openings of 

thy lot among us ; let us all the gates: in the city she 

have one purse : my son, uttereih her words, saying. 



68 LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 



How long, ye simple ones, 
will ye love simplicity ? and 
the s corners delight in their 
scorning, and fools hate 
knowledge ? Turn you at 
my reproof: behold, I will 
pour out my spirit unto you, 
I will make known my 
words unto you. 

Because I have called 
and ye refused ; I have 
stretched out my hand, and 
no man regarded ; but ye 
have set at nought all my 
counsel, and would none of 
my reproof: I also will 
laugh at your calamity: I 
will mock when your fear 
cometh ; when your fear 
cometh as desolation, and 
your destruction cometh as a 
whirlwind ; when distress 
and anguish cometh upon 
you ; Then shall they call 
upon me, but I will not an- 
swer ; they shall seek me 
early, but they shall not find 
me ; for that they hated 
knowledge, and did not 
choose the fear of the Lord : 
they would none of my 
counsel; they despised all 
my reproof : Therefore shall 
they eat of the fruit of their 
own way, and be filled with 
their own devices. For the 
turning away of the simple 
shall slay them, and the 
prosperity of fools shall de- 
stroy them. But whoso 



hearkeneth unto me shall 
dwell safely, and shall be 
quiet from fear of evil. 

ni. 

MY son, forget not my 
law ; but let thine heart 
keep my commandments : 
for length of days, and long 
life, and peace, shall they add 
to thee. Let not mercy and 
truth forsake thee ; bind 
them about thy neck ; writo 
them upon the table of thine 
heart : so shalt thou find 
favour and good understand- 
ing in the sight of God and 
man. 

Trust in the Lord with all 
thine heart; and lean not 
unto thine own understand- 
ing. In all thy ways ac- 
knowledge Him, and he shall 
direct thy paths. 

Be not wise in thine own 
eyes : fear the Lord, and de- 
part from evil. It shall be 
health to thy navel, and 
marrow to thy bones. Hon- 
our the Lord with thy sub- 
stance, and with the first 
fruits of all thine increase : 
so shall thy barns be filled 
with plenty, and thy presses 
shall bur^t out with new 
wine. 

My son, despise not the 
chastening of the Lord ; 
neither be weary of his cor- 



LESSONS FKOM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 69 



rection : for whom the 
Lord loveth he correcteth ; 
even as a father the son in 
whom he delighteth. 

HAPPY is the man that 
findeth wisdom, and 
the man that getteth under- 
standing. For the merchan- 
dise of it is better than the 
merchandise of silver, and 
the gain thereof than fine 
gold. She is more precious 
than rubies : and all the 
things thou canst desire are 
not to be compared unto her. 
Length of days is in her 
right hand ; and in her left 
hand riches and honour. 
Her ways are ways of pleas- 
antness, and all her paths 
are peace. She is a tree of 
life to them that lay hold 
upon her; and happy is 
every one that retaineth her. 
The Lord by wisdom hath 
founded the earth ; by un- 
derstanding hath He estab- 
lished the heavens. By His 
knowledge the depths are 
broken up, and the clouds 
drop down the dew. 

My son, let not them de- 
part from thine eyes ; keep 
sound wisdom and discre- 
tion: so shall they be life 
unto thy soul, and grace to 
thy neck. Then shalt thou 
walk in thy way safely, and 



thy foot shall not stumble. 
When thou liest down, thou 
shalt not be afraid ; yea, thou 
shalt lie down, and thy sleep 
shall be sweet. Be not afraid 
of sudden fear, neither of the 
desolation of the wicked, 
when it cometh. For the 
Lord shall be thy confidence, 
and shall keep thy foot from 
being taken. 

V. 

HEAR, ye children, the 
instruction of a father, 
and attend to know under- 
standing. For I give you 
good doctrine, forsake ye 
not my law. For I was 
my father's son, tender and 
only beloved in the sight of 
my mother. He taught me 
also, and said unto me, Let 
thine heart retain my words ; 
keep my commandments, and 
live. Get wisdom, get un- 
derstanding; forget it not: 
neither decline from the 
words of my mouth. For- 
sake her not, and she shall pre- 
serve thee : love her, and she 
shall keep thee. Wisdom is 
the principal thing, therefore 
get wisdom : and with all 
thy getting get understand- 
ing. Exalt her, and she shall 
promote thee : she shall bring 
thee to honor, when thou 
dost embrace her. She shall 
give to thine head an orna- 



70 LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 



ment of grace ; a crown of 
glory shall she deliver to 
thee. Hear, my son, and 
receive my sayings ; and the 
years of thy life shall be 
many. I have taught thee 
in the way of wisdom; I 
have led thee in right paths. 
When thou goest, thy steps 
shall not be straitened ; and 
when thou runnest, thou 
shalt not stumble. Take fast 
hold of instruction ; let her 
not go : keep her ; for she is 
thy life. 

VI. 

"jVrY son, attend unto my 
1TJL wisdom, and bow thine 
ear to my understanding: 
that thou mayest regard 
discretion, and that thy lips 
may keep knowledge. 

A naughty person, a wick- 
ed man walketh with a fro- 
ward mouth. He winketh 
with his eyes, he speaketh 
with his feet, he teacheth with 
his fingers ; frowardness is 
in his heart, he deviseth mis- 
chief continually ; he soweth 
discord. Therefore, shall his 
calamity come suddenly ; 
suddenly shall he be broken 
without remedy. 

These six things doth the 
Lord hate ; yea, seven are 
an abomination unto him ; 
a proud look, a lying tongue, 
and hands that shed inno- 
cent blood, an heart that 



deviseth wicked imagina- 
tions, feet that be swift in 
running to mischief, a false 
witness that speaketh lies, 
and he fhat soweth discord 
among brethren. 

My son, keep thy father's 
commandment, and forsake 
not the law of thy mother : 
bind them continually upon 
thine heart, and tie them 
about thy neck. When thou 
goest, it shall lead thee ; 
when thou sleepest, it shall 
keep thee ; and when thou 
awakest, it shall talk with 
thee. For the commandment 
is a lamp ; and the law is 
light; and reproofs of in- 
struction are the way of life. 

srsL 

REMEMBER now thy 
Creator in the days of 
thy youth, while the evil 
days come not, nor the years 
draw nigh, when thou shalt 
say, I have no pleasure in 
them ; while the sun, or the 
light, or the moon, or the 
stars, be not darkened; nor 
the clouds return after the 
rain : in the day when the 
keepers of the house shall 
tremble, and the strong men 
shall bow themselves, and 
the grinders cease because 
they are few, and those that 
look out of the windows be 
darkened, and the doors 



LESSONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. 71 



shall be shut in the streets, 
when the sound of the grind- 
ing is low, and he shall rise 
up at the voice of the bird, 
and all the daughters of 
music shall be brought low : 
also when they shall be a- 
fraid of that which is high, 
and fears shall be in the way, 
and the almond-tree shall 
flourish, and the grass hop- 
per shall be a burden, and 



desire shall fail ; because man 
goeth to his long home, and 
the mourners go about the 
streets : or ever the silver 
cord be loosed, or the golden 
bowl be broken, or the pitch- 
er be broken at the fountain, 
or the wheel broken at the 
cistern : then shall the dust 
return to the earth as it was ; 
and the spirit shall return 
unto God who gave it 



Cessans from tlje Nero Testament. 



I. 



KNOW ye not that so 
many of us as were 
baptized into Jesus Christ, 
were baptized into his death ? 
Therefore we are buried with 
him by baptism into death ; 
that like as Christ was raised 
up from the dead by the glory 
of the Father, even so we also 
should walk in newness of 
life. For if we have been 
planted together in the like- 
ness of his death, we shall 
be also in the likeness of his 
resurrection: knowing this, 
that our old man is crucified 
with Mm, that the body of 
sin might be destroyed, that 
henceforth we should not 
serve sin. For he that is 
dead is freed from sin. Now 



if we be dead with Christ, 
we believe that we shall also 
live with him : knowing 
that Christ, being raised from 
the dead, dieth no more ; 
death hath no more dominion 
over him. For in that he 
died, he died unto sin once : 
but in that he liveth, he 
liveth unto God. Likewise 
reckon ye also yourselves to 
be dead indeed unto sin, but 
alive unto God through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Let not sin therefore reign 
in your mortal body, that ye 
should obey it in the lusts 
thereof Neither yield ye 
your members as instru- 
ments of unrighteousness 
unto sin : but yield your- 



72 LESSONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. 



selves unto God, as those 
that are alive from the dead, 
and your members as instru- 
ments of righteousness unto 
God. For sin shall not have 
dominion over you : for ye 
are not under the law, but 
under grace. 

II. 

AND you hath he quick- 
ened, who were dead in 
trespasses and sins ; where- 
in in time past ye walked 
according to the course of 
this world, according to the 
prince of the power of the 
air, the spirit that now work- 
eth in the children of disobe- 
dience : among whom also 
we all had our conversation 
in times past in the lusts of 
our flesh, fulfilling the de- 
sires of the flesh and of the 
mind; and were by nature 
the children of wrath, even 
as others. But God, who is 
rich in mercy, for his great 
love wherewith he loved us, 
even when we were dead in 
sins, hath quickened us to- 
gether with Christ, (by grace 
ye are saved ;) and hath 
raised us up together, and 
made us sit together in heav- 
enly places in Christ Jesus: 
that in the ages to come he 
might show the exceeding 
riches of his grace, in his 
kindness toward us through 



Christ Jesus. For by grace 
are ye saved through faith ; 
and that not of j^ourselves ; 
it is the gift of God : not 
of works, lest any man should 
boast. For we are his work- 
manship, created in Christ 
Jesus unto good works, 
which God hath before or- 
dained that we should walk 
in them. 

III. 

THIS I say then, Walk in 
the Spirit, and ye shall 
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusteth against 
the Spirit, and the Spirit 
against the flesh : and these 
are contrary the one to the 
other ; so that ye cannot do 
the things that ye would. 
But if ye be led by the Spir- 
it, ye are not under the law. 
Now the works of the flesh 
are manifest, which are these ; 
Adultery, fornication, un- 
cleanness, lasciviousness, 
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, 
variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 
envyings, murders, drunk- 
enness, revellings, and such 
like : of the which I tell you 
before, as I have also told 
you in time past, that they 
which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of 
God. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
long-cuffering, gentleness, 



LESSONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. 73 



goodness, faith, meekness, 
temperance : against such 
there is no law. And they 
that are Christ's have cruci- 
fied the flesh, with the affec- 
tions and lusts. If we live 
in the Spirit, let us also walk 
in the Spirit. Let us not be 
desirous of vain-glory, pro- 
voking one another, envying 
one another. 

IV. 

MOREOVER, brethren, 
I would not that ye 
should be ignorant, how that 
all our fathers were under 
the cloud, and all passed 
through the sea ; and were 
all baptized unto Moses in 
the cloud and in the sea; 
and did all eat the same 
spiritual meat; and did all 
drink the same spiritual 
drink ; (for they drank of 
that spiritual Rock that fol- 
lowed them : and that Rock 
was Christ :) but with many 
of them God was not well 
pleased : for they were over- 
thrown in the wilderness. 

Now these things were our 
examples, to the intent we 
should not lust after evil 
things, as they also lusted. 
Neither be ye idolaters, as 
were some of them ; as it is 
written, The people sat down 
to eat and drink, and rose up 
to play. Neither let us com- 



mit fornication, as some of 
them committed, and fell in 
one day three and twenty 
thousand. Neither let us 
tempt Christ, as some of 
them also tempted, and were 
destroyed of serpents. Neith- 
er murmur ye, as some of 
them also murmured, and 
were destroyed of the de- 
stoyer. Now all these things 
happened unto them for en- 
samples : and they are writ- 
ten for our admonition, upon 
whom the ends of the world 
are come. Wherefore let 
him that thinketh he stand- 
eth, take heed lest he fall. 

V. 

BEWARE lest any man 
spoil you through phil- 
osophy and vain deceit, after 
the tradition of men, after 
the rudiments of the world, 
and not after Christ. For in 
him dwelleth all the fulness 
of the Godhead bodily ; and 
ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all prin- 
cipality and power : in whom 
also ye are circumcised with 
the circumcision made with- 
out hands, in putting off the 
body of the sins of the 
flesh by the circumcision of 
Christ, buried with him in 
baptism, wherein also ye are 
risen with him through the 
faith of the operation of God, 



74 LESSONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. 



who hath raised him from 
the dead. x\nd you, being 
dead in your sins and the un- 
circumcision of your flesh, 
hath he quickened together 
with him, having forgiven 
you all trespasses ; blotting 
out the hand-writing of or- 
dinances that was against us, 
which was contrary to us, 
and took it out of the way, 
nailing it to his cross : arid 
having spoiled principalities 
and powers, he made a show 
of them openly, triumphing 
over them in it. 

Let no man therefore judge 
you in meat, or in drink, or 
in respect of an holy-day, or 
of the new-moon, or of the 
sabbath-day.s : which are a 
shadow of things to come ; 
but the body is of Christ. 
Let no man beguile you of 
your reward in a voluntary 
humility and worshipping of 
angels, intruding into those 
things which he hath not 
fieen, vainly puffed up by his 
flesh] v mind, and not hold- 
ing the Head, from which 
all the body by joints and 
bands having nourishment 
ministered, and knit togeth- 
er, increaseth with the in- 
crease of God. 

VI. 

WHAT doth it profit, 
my brethren, though 



a man say he hath faith, and 
have not works? can faith 
save him? If a brother or 
sister be naked, and destitute 
of daily food, and one of 
you say unto them, Depart 
in peace, be ye warmed and 
filled ; notwithstanding ye 
give them not those things 
which are needful to the 
body ; what doth it profit ? 
Even so faith, if it hath not 
works, is dead, being alone. 
Yea, a man may say, Thou 
hast faith, and I have works : 
show me thy faith without 
thy works, and I will show 
thee my faith by my works. 
Thou believest that there is 
one God; thou doest well: 
the devils also believe, and 
tremble. But wilt thou 
know, vain man, that faith 
without works is dead ? Was 
not Abraham our father jus- 
tified by works, when he had 
offered Isaac his son upon 
the altar ? Seest thou how 
faith wrought with his works, 
and by works was faith made 
perfect ? And the scripture 
was fulfilled which saith, 
Abraham believed God, and 
it was imputed unto him for 
righteousness : and he was 
called the Friend of God. 
Ye see then how that by 
works a man is justified, and 
not by faith only. Likewise 
also was not Rahab the har- 
lot justified by works, when 



LESSONS FROM THE 

she had received the mes- 
sengers, and had sent thepi 
out another way ? For as 
the body without the spirit 
is dead, so faith without 
works is dead also. 



vn. 

GRACE and peace be 
multiplied unto you 
through the knowledge of 
God, and of Jesus our Lord. 

According as his divine 
power hath given unto us all 
things that pertain unto life 
and godliness, through the 
knowledge of him that hath 
called us to glory and virtue : 
whereby are given unto us 
exceeding great and precious 
promises ; that by these ye 
might be partakers of the 
divine nature, having escaped 
the corruption that is in the 
world through lust. ' And 
besides this, giving all dili- 



NEW TESTAMENT. 75 

gence, add to your faith vir- 
tue ; and to virtue knowl- 
edge ; and to knowledge, 
temperance ; and to temper- 
ance patience ; and to pa- 
tience godliness ; and to 
godliness brotherly kind- 
ness ; and to brotherly kind- 
ness charity. For if these 
things be in you, and abound, 
they make you that ye shall 
neither be barren nor un- 
fruitful in the knowledge of 
our Lord J esus Christ : but 
he that lacketh these things 
is blind, and cannot see afar 
off, and hath forgotten that 
he was purged from his old 
sins. AVherefore the rather, 
brethren, give diligence to 
make your calling and elec- 
tion sure : for if ye do these 
things, ye shall never fall : 
For so an entrance shall be 
ministered unto } r ou abund- 
antly into the everlasting 
kingdom of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. 



76 THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. 



®l)e ©rber of Confirmation, 

OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE WHO ARB 
BAPTIZED, AND COME TO YEARS OF DISCRETION. 

Upon the day appointed, all that are to "be then confirmed, 
being placed and standing in order before the Bishop ; 
he, or some other Minister appointed by him, shall 
read this Preface following. 

TO the end that Confirmation may be minis- 
tered to the more edifying of such as shall 
receive it, the Church hath thought good to 
order, that none shall be confirmed, but such 
as can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and 
the Ten Commandments ; and can also answer 
to such other Questions, as in the short Cate- 
chism are contained : which order is very con- 
venient to be observed; to the end that chil- 
dren, being now come to the years of discretion, 
and having learned what their Godfathers and 
Godmothers promised for them in Baptism, 
may themselves, with their own mouth and 
consent, openly before the Church, ratify and 
confirm the same ; and also promise that, by 
the grace of God, they will evermore endeavor 
themselves faithfully to observe such things as 
they, by their own confession, have assented 
unto. 

Then shall the Bishop say, 

DO ye here, in the presence of God, and of 
this congregation, renew the solemn prom- 
ise and vow that ye made, or that was made in 



THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. 77 



your name, at your Baptism ; ratifying and con- 
firming the same ; and acknowledging your- 
selves bound to believe and to do all those 
things which ye then undertook, or your Spon- 
sors then undertook for you ? 

And every one shall audibly answer, 
I do. 
Bishop. 

OUR help is in the Name of the Lord ; 
Answer. Who hath made heaven and 
earth. 

Bishop. Blessed be the Name of the Lord ; 
Answer. Henceforth, world without end. 
Bishop. Lord, hear our prayer; 
Answer. And let our cry come unto Thee. 
Bishop. Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who hast 
vouchsafed to regenerate these Thy ser- 
vants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast 
given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ; 
strengthen them, we beseech Thee, O Lord, 
with the Holy Ghost, the Comforter ; and daily 
increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; 
the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the 
spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit 
of knowledge and true godliness; and fill them, 
O Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now 
and for ever. Amen. 

Then all of them in order "kneeling before the Bishop, he 
shall lay his hands upon the head of every one several- 
ly, saying, 



78 THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. 



DEFEND, O Lord, this Thy Child (or, this 
Thy Servant) with Thy heavenly grace ; 
that he may continue Thine for ever; and daily 
increase in Thy Holy Spirit more and more, 
until he come unto Thy everlasting kingdom. 
Amen. 

Then shall the Bishop say y 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

And all kneeling down, the Bishop shall add, 
Let us pray. 

OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed 
be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our trespasses, As we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us. And lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

And these Collects. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who mak- 
est us both to will and to do those things 
which are good, and acceptable unto Thy Di- 
vine Majesty; We make our humble supplica- 
tions unto Thee for these Thy servants, upon 
whom, after the example of Thy holy Apostles, 
we have now laid our hands, to certify them, by 
this sign, of Thy favor and gracious goodness 
towards them. Let thy fatherly hand, we be- 
seech Thee, ever be over them ; let Thy Holy 
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the knowledge and obedience of Thy Word, 
that in the end they may obtain everlasting 
life ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who with 
Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, 
vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to direct, 
sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bod- 
ies in the ways of Thy laws, and in the works 
of Thy commandments ; that through Thy most 
mighty protection, both here and ever, we may 
be preserved in body and soul; through our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then the Bishop shall Mess them, saying thus, 

THE Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be upon you, 
and remain with you for ever. Amen. 

And there shall none be admitted to the Holy Communion, 
until such time as he be confirmed, or "be ready and de- 
sirous to be confirmed. 



A N 



OFFICE OF DEVOTIONS 



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FOR THE USE OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS 
AND CLASSES. 



PREPARED BY 



THE REV. J. F. YOUNG, 

(OF TRINITY PARISH, NEW.YORK.) 



gtb-gork: 

DANIEL DANA, AG'T. 
381 BROADWAY. 



1861. 







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